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== Land Books [''Berní rula''] == | == Land Books [''Berní rula''] == | ||
The berní ruly are lists of tax payers based on the records of the estate owners or nobility. First completed in 1653-1654, these tax lists were prepared to study inequities in the tax structure. Properties were surveyed to determine dwellings, fields, and animals of the taxpayers. Other surveys were made in 1683-84, 1746, and 1792. These lists can be of help in genealogical research by locating the domicile on one's ancestor, and are of value for demographic studies, but they cannot be considered as a complete survey of the population. These lists do not include the poor who were without property or trade. Also, only heads of households are listed without indication of dependents. The berní ruly are available only for the "Czech lands" of Bohemia and part of Moravia; now in Czechoslovakia and formerly in Austria. All text is in the Czech language. Tax lists have been deposited in various archives but are not readily accessible to researchers. Some tax lists have been published: | |||
• some 1654 tax lists - Berní rula – The 1654 tax lists of land and property owners in Bohemia. FHL INTL Book 943.7 B4b (available for 11 districts) | |||
• general index to all 1654 tax lists - Berní rula : generalní rejstřík ke všem svazkům- General Index to all 1654 tax lists (published and unpublished), supplemented with the 1651 census if tax lists missing. FHL INTL Book 943.71 X2cc vol. 1-2 | |||
• some 1427-1435 tax lists for Prague - Berní knihy starého města Pražského, 1427-1434 - Tax books for the Prague subdivision Old Town. FHL INTL Book 943.71/P3 R4p | |||
[[image:Bernirulamap.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Regions of Bohemia in 1654]] | [[image:Bernirulamap.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Regions of Bohemia in 1654]] | ||
[[Category:Czech Republic]] | [[Category:Czech Republic]] | ||